food

A bearded man holds a small green shoot on an allotment site

Features

‘You needed young people’: how one man nurtured a community on an east Bristol allotment site

Tenants of Bristol’s sought-after allotments are pushing back hard on council proposals to hike fees. But back in the 1980s, plots in Eastville at Royate Hill were unloved and at risk – until Mike Feingold took custody of the land.

Michal Grant Naz Mahmoudzadeh
Michal Grant and Naz Mahmoudzadeh

Features

Rising demand and falling donations causing shortages at Bristol food banks

Steph Cullen
Steph Cullen

Future of Cities

Illustration: Laurence Ware

Why Bristol needs to build a sustainable food system – before disaster strikes

Louise Delmege
Louise Delmege (Bristol Food Network)

Features

Cooking up a storm: The project tackling Bristol’s rising food poverty

The Mazi Project provides pre-portioned meal kits to marginalised young people to address food poverty in the city.

Emma Blackmore
Emma Blackmore

Your Bristol Life

Listen: Bristol Food Famiglia by Steven Mitchell

Tom Brothwell Marcus Smith
Tom Brothwell and Marcus Smith

Reports

‘It’s been a nightmare’: Bristol’s foodbanks sound warning over food and fuel shortages

Alex Turner
Alex Turner

Bristol and the Climate Crisis

Watch: How a new approach to food production can make humans and the planet healthier

Farmer Humphrey Lloyd charts Bristol's food system, from its rich agricultural past to the carbon-heavy, supermarket-dominated picture of today.

Aphra Evans
Aphra Evans

Herd Community

Watch: Breaking Bread – A story of communities tackling hunger and food injustice

Bristol groups getting organised to fight hunger, and hoping to build a 'new normal' of sustainable, healthy and affordable food for all.

Aphra Evans Adam Cantwell-Corn
Aphra Evans and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Coronavirus in Bristol

‘Coronavirus shows growing our own food is now a necessity – and Bristol is fertile ground’

Bristol’s food movement has been catapulted into action and is meeting overwhelming demand in this current health crisis, says Grow Wilder’s Matt Cracknell.

Matt Cracknell

Solutions in Bristol

Bristol: A city of solutions

There’s already so much great work being done across the city to find solutions. Here’s just a few ...

Matty Edwards Hannah Vickers Arvind Howarth
Matty Edwards, Hannah Vickers and Arvind Howarth

Photography

Photos: Voices from behind the counter

Those working in our city’s food joints have unique insights into their local communities and their own stories to tell.

Thomas Katan

City

Gasheads are taking action against hunger in Bristol

Disgusted at the rise of food poverty in Bristol, a group of Rovers fans are stepping up.

Jack Newcombe
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